Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-12
Proprietor of the New
York "Times."
AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW
He Speaks Good Words for Cleye.
,land and Extols CalifOrnia's
Climate.

prietor of the great New York Times. /
HERALD reporter called upon the gentle
man last night and was received will
that urbanity which is always character
istic of a great newspaper man. Mr.
Jones is about 60 years of age, but al
though time has silvered his hair ant
rheumatism las stiffened his joints @
little, forty years of active newspaper
life have not served to soar his Tempe
and every wrinkle in his face showl
kindliness and frankness. Mr.. Jones
said, "This is my first visit to the Pa
cifc coast. l have always been SO busy
that feared l should never get chance
to see this favored portion of earth, bu,
my daughter, Mrs. Ireland, has been
very ill and she expressed desire to
come to California and came with her.
/ am glad to state that the trip, which
took us twelve days, was beneficial to
my daughter aud | am satisfied that un-
der the genial skies of this incompatible
place she will soon regain her wonted
good health. l am feeling much better
myself"
SLIGHTLY POLITICAL.
The reporter of Republican morning
paper was present and by question got
some startling political views from Mr..
j ZONES, that is, the Republican reporter
must have been startled. Mr.. Jones
said: "The Times opposed Blaine in
1854 and will oppose him again if he is
nominated by the Republicans n lnSS
He is man whose whole policy is 'all for
Blaine, and the rest get what they can.
He made innumerable mistakes during
the last campaign and would have stood
q much better show of election had he
in his modest Maine home.
Accepting an invitation to dinner given
by Jay Gould and Russell Sage was
enough to damn him, and the famous
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion allitera.
tion routed bin horse, foot and dragoon.
As to whom the Republ. cans will nom-
mate next time can't tell. Blaine is
working tor it with his whole
soul and may get the nomina.
ton, but he will never be elected.
The American people have not reached
that stage where they will place the
affairs OF the nation in the hands OF
Blaine. If l were allowed to place
man in nomination for the Presidency l
should name Judge Walter Q. Gresham,
of Indiana"
AS To..cLEvELAND.
eyes, sir, Cleveland will be nominal.
ed by the Democrats for reelection.
They can't do otherwise. He is the best
man in the party. His administration
has been a most admirable one and
receives the appreciation of the whole
world. He is thoroughly honest and he
is not working for self or party, but has
an eye and thought single for the public
good. He was the same way when
Governor of New York. He stuck to
his desk and worked for the State
regardless whether he were nominated
or elected President or not. Hill has
lost prestige in New York by
devoting more time to securing
the Democratic nomination for
the Presidency than to the affairs of
State. But he won't reach. and Cleve-
land will be nominated. He is one OF
the most thoroughly honest men in the
Nation. The only thing there ever was
against him was the Maria Halpin scan-
dal, and that proved to be nothing. By
the way, Mrs. Cleveland is most de-
lightful lady, and she has made Won
derful number of friends for her hus.
band. She is beautiful, accomplished,
very polite, and entertains in charm
ing manner. You can rest assured that
Cleveland will carry New York next
time" In reply to question by the
reporter, Mr.. Jones said:
eyes. [ voted for Cleveland, and will do
SO again. am strong Republican too,
young man." The gentleman talked in
a eulogistic strain of Cleveland's admin
for quite while, and the con-
was changed to the subject OF
NEWSPAPERS.
Mr.. Jones said: "Oh, the newspapers
of New York are all getting along
nicely. There has been no change of
base excepting that the Herald has
come out strongly in favor of Cleveland.
Of course, as y,u know, the San OPP
poses the present administration. 1t
pretends to be Democratic, but is always
sticking knife in below the fifth rib of
that party. The Tribune is Mr.. Blaine's
organ, aud the Sun is doing all it can
for him. l am astonished at the excel.
lence of the newspapers on this coast.
They are full of local news. They do
not have as much telegraph news as our
papers, but then your readers do not de-
mand it. The papers out here, consider.
ing the class of readers, are as good as
the papers in the East. There is no me-
cessity for Western people to take New
York papers, as they get the same news
in the papers published at home. We
fill our papers with telegraphic news, but
the papers gut here get the gist of every
thing we publish. We get our own for
eipn news-that is, without the aid OF
any news agency, but you people get it
about the same time we do. don't
think much of this idea OF making q
magazine out of a daily paper on Sun
days, but the Times does it because the
other papers do. Generally the Sunday
papers are filed up with lot OF swash
that nobody has time to read. and II
they had time they would be bored to
death before they could wade through
one of them. l don't believe in having
cheap illustrations in newspapers, and
the Times never does it. 1t is lower
ing process and the cuts are always
meretricious."
THE COAST CLIMATE.
Mr.. Jones could not find words to ex
press his delight at the soft climate ol
California. 81 have been to Nice
and all Of the famous Continenta
health resorts, and the climate
there is perfectly nasty and moth
ING like California. The changes are too
abrupt in that country, and person il
either too hot or too cold. When mar
comes back from Florida he says the
climate is worth $500 an acre, but thu
land isn't worth d--n." Here the eli
mate is worth q great deal more thar
that and the land is valuable and pro
Juot;ve" Mr.. Jones stated that h
.ro,,Id enend some months in Californi;